This page provides information on the general conditions for family reunification with a third country national admitted or authorized to stay in Belgium for a limited or unlimited period., and on the documents to be presented by the foreign national's family members who wish to accompany or join him or her in Belgium to live as a family.
Third country national means any foreign national who is not a national of any of the Member States of the European Union or the Schengen area, nor of a country associated with the European Union (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland).
These are the following family members:
- his/her spouse ;
- the foreign national with whom a registered partnership has been established that is considered equivalent to marriage in Belgium (assimilated partner);
- the foreign national to whom they are related by means of a legally registered partnership (legal partner);
- their joint minor children;
- the minor children of the foreign national being joined, or of his or her spouse or partner;
- the unmarried disabled child aged over 18 of the foreign national or his/her spouse or partner.
Certain family members of a third-country national legally residing in Belgium may benefit from special conditions due to the situation of the sponsor in Belgium. This is the case in particular for family members of a foreign national to whom Belgium has granted international protection (refugee status or temporary protection), a foreign national authorised to reside in Belgium for medical reasons (article 9ter of the Law), or a foreign national who has obtained long-term resident status in another European Union State.
The sponsor is a third country national:
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